Bernard Moore Furniture

An antique Arts and Crafts pair of vase by Moorcroft offer art pottery construction with hand painted floral design, maker mark as photographed, d...

A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period bronze bud vase with an emblem of a classical Greek figure By Benedict Studios (signed to the underside) USA, Circa ...

An antique Weller Hudson vase offers art pottery construction in cylinder form with hand painted daffodils, maker mark on base as photographed, c1920 Me...

An antique Arts & Crafts Trenton ware art pottery floor vase offers blue glazed urn form vessel with maker stamp on base as photographed, 20th century Measures- 23" height x 15" dia...

This tall and very stylish conical Art Nouveau vase is a beautiful example of Flemish pottery or ‘Poterie Flamande’ from Torhout dating from the 1900s....

Danish Art pottery vase by Soholm Bornholmsk Stentoj. Mid-Century Modern / Scandinavian Modern

A very nice Brutalist earthenware pottery vase by Bernard Rooke, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips, cracks or crazing and measures 5.5" W x 4" D ...

Polished basalt, decorated with Victoria, Goddess of Victory, in her chariot; possibly after a Roman model such as the wall paintings at Herculaneum. T...

Art pottery vase by listed California artist Ramona Rowley.

NOTE: We do not keep this in the showroom. Please let us know if you're visiting and would like to see it. Rarely does a first edition Portland vase...

An Arts and Crafts vase by Weller offers art pottery construction with incised stylized flower, matt glaze, maker on base, c1920 Measures- 10.25''h x 3.5''w x 3.5''d. Catalogue Not...

An organic and Brutalist style vase with Medallion motif on front and verso. Bernard Rooke (born 1938) is a British artist and studio potter. Rooke has exhibited his "Brutalist" ceramics and painting both in the UK and abroad with work in many collections both public and private including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Nuffield Foundation, Röhsska Museum in Sweden and the Trondheim Kunstmuseum in Norway. Bernard Rooke attended Ipswich School of Art studying painting and lithography before going on to study at Goldsmiths College of Art. It was while studying here that he decided to take up pottery. Although unfamiliar with this craft and tradition, he found that working with clay provided new opportunities for freedom of interpretation and creativity. In 1960 Rooke set up his first pottery in Forest Hill in South London along with Alan Wallwork. It was a very small room with enough space for a small electric kiln. He was initially using mainly hand building, coiling, blocking and slabbing techniques. While researching ideas, he was supporting himself by part-time lecturing at London University, Goldsmiths College and St Mary's College. In addition, Rooke's membership of 'The Craftsman Potters' Association' enabled him to show his work in a shop in Carnaby Street in London. In 1967, both the need for a larger working space and becoming disillusioned with living in London spurred Rooke into moving out of the city and to an old mill building in Swilland in Suffolk. Rooke wanted to widen the range of work so as to become more commercial. With the birth of his son, Aaron, and much needed work to be done on the mill, it was important to be able to make a living. In 1968, the Grand Metropolitan Hotel commissioned Rooke to make 120 standard lamps, 120 table lamps as well as a 24 foot long ceramic mural and another 9 foot high, which incorporated interior lighting. The money from the commission helped to pay for much needed restoration work on the mill. By the 1970s, a gallery space was opened in the windmill and run by Susan Rooke, Bernard's wife, selling work to locals and tourists as well as to American airmen based nearby. The vision for Mill Gallery was beginning to develop and alongside this a reputation was building bringing in a good source of income. Sons Aaron and Felix were becoming more involved with the running of the pottery, giving Bernard more time to develop new ideas and designs and more time to continue with his painting. In 2004, the Rooke family decided not to sell to the public through the gallery anymore and close the pottery to concentrate more on painting and printmaking. In 2017 Bernard's lighting was featured in the Exhibition: “Glass, Light, Paint & Clay” at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition featured four artists: Bernard Rooke, John Maltby...